Accounts Assistant

4771220
  • Job type

    Permanent
  • Location

    Newcastle (Tyne & Wear)
  • Working Pattern

    Full-time
  • Specialism

    Support
  • Industry

    Engineering
  • Pay

    £26,000 - £30,000

Accounts Assistant

My client is looking for an Accounts Assistant to work with an exciting, positive and dynamic team.

The successful candidate will initially gain experience within the sales department:-
  • Sales Ledger
  • Setting up customer accounts
  • Checking credit Limits
  • Checking sales orders/values on sales orders
  • Raising invoices
  • Checking credit terms
  • Credit Control, including chasing payments by telephone and e-mail, preparation of credit control reports
  • Entering sales cash into customer accounts and matching with sales invoices
  • Preparation of month end reports

They will then move into the other areas of the finance department until they become fully competent in all areas.

Below is an overview of the tasks involved within each section:-

Sales Ledger
  • Setting up customer accounts
  • Checking credit Limits
  • Checking sales orders/values on sales orders
  • Raising invoices
  • Checking credit terms
  • Credit Control, including chasing payments by telephone and e-mail, preparation of credit control reports
  • Entering sales cash into customer accounts and matching with sales invoices
  • Preparation of month end reports

Purchase Ledger
  • Setting up supplier accounts, including making sure we have credit accounts in place
  • Checking invoices match to purchase order register
  • Coding and Inputting invoices
  • Preparation of debtor reports ready for weekly payment runs
  • Raising payments and raising manual payments
  • Reconciling supplier statements
  • Preparation of month end reports
  • Cashbooks
  • Entering payments and receipts into excel spreadsheets
  • Daily reconciliation against bank statements
  • Balance cashbook at the end of the month

Nominal Ledger
  • Journal postings
  • Reconciliation of accounts
  • Preparation of month end reports

Payroll
  • Preparation of weekly payroll
  • Input hours
  • Processing wage slips
  • Raising and dealing with payroll queries
  • Preparation of PAYE
  • Property/Tenancy duties
  • Preparation of tenancy agreements
  • Preparation of inventories
  • Marketing properties with local estate agents
  • Collection of rents
  • Carrying out property inspections

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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